Call me a health freak, but I won't eat anything that's been fried in hydrogenated oil either. Just nasty as hell. Not sure how many of the chains have stopped using that jizm, but I'm assuming most still do.

Call me a health freak, but I won't eat anything that's been fried in hydrogenated oil either. Just nasty as hell. Not sure how many of the chains have stopped using that jizm, but I'm assuming most still do.

I agree, and by the way, that's all you need to have a great lunch/dinner:

Hell yeah. Love me some pasta. For those who don't know, Barilla >>> Ronzoni. Just trust me on that.

Well, I don't even know what Ronzoni is! :D
Barilla is head and shoulder the best pasta in the world... Someone prefer Voiello, but Barilla is classic. Is it easy to find pasta Barilla in the US?
And for the sauce, Cirio is money. They make the best tomato's stuff in the world, really.
As the majority of the italians I love cooking, and I think I'm pretty good at it :P

Well, I don't even know what Ronzoni is! :D
Barilla is head and shoulder the best pasta in the world... Someone prefer Voiello, but Barilla is classic. Is it easy to find pasta Barilla in the US?
And for the sauce, Cirio is money. They make the best tomato's stuff in the world, really.
As the majority of the italians I love cooking, and I think I'm pretty good at it :P

Yeah, Ronzoni is Barilla's biggest competitor over here, but they suck. It takes an extra couple minutes depending on the variety, and it's a lot more difficult to achieve al dente. Barilla is on the money every time. Never seen any products from Cirio or Voiello. I usually make some kind of homemade sauce. Have yet to find anything in a jar that is worth the money over here.

Yeah, Ronzoni is Barilla's biggest competitor over here, but they suck. It takes an extra couple minutes depending on the variety, and it's a lot more difficult to achieve al dente. Barilla is on the money every time. Never seen any products from Cirio or Voiello. I usually make some kind of homemade sauce. Have yet to find anything in a jar that is worth the money over here.

Well, I don't even know what Ronzoni is! :D
Barilla is head and shoulder the best pasta in the world... Someone prefer Voiello, but Barilla is classic. Is it easy to find pasta Barilla in the US?
And for the sauce, Cirio is money. They make the best tomato's stuff in the world, really.
As the majority of the italians I love cooking, and I think I'm pretty good at it :P

Off topic, but I love the Italian language. Rhythmic quality, abundance of vowels...up there with my favorite languages aesthetically.

Yeah, Ronzoni is Barilla's biggest competitor over here, but they suck. It takes an extra couple minutes depending on the variety, and it's a lot more difficult to achieve al dente. Barilla is on the money every time. Never seen any products from Cirio or Voiello. I usually make some kind of homemade sauce. Have yet to find anything in a jar that is worth the money over here.

I guess Ronzoni isn't an italian product, but they just use an italian name...
By the way, Cirio doesn't produce ready-sauce (I don't know the english word for that), they produce what we called "pomodori pelati", "passata di pomodoro"... I don't know how do you call these things, but they're simply tomatos without the peel, seeds etc...
Of course you just can't put them in the pasta and you have the sauce, you have to make the sauce by yourself. And the secret for a good sauce is using a good tomato, and doing it with love :P

Off topic, but I love the Italian language. Rhythmic quality, abundance of vowels...up there with my favorite languages aesthetically.

It's a pretty fascinating language. Pretty hard to learn because of a billion of grammar irregularities...

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Originally Posted by duckseason

Yeah, I was considering using that Rosetta Stone software to learn a few languages. It'd be awesome to be able to speak Italian.

If you want some help just ask me... I can't teach you to speak a perfect Italian, but I can help you at least with the basic things... I've studied a lot of languages (English, Spanish and French) in college, so I know the way to approach a new language...If you're intersted just pm me...

It's a pretty fascinating language. Pretty hard to learn because of a billion of grammar irregularities...

If you want some help just ask me... I can't teach you to speak a perfect Italian, but I can help you at least with the basic things... I've studied a lot of languages (English, Spanish and French) in college, so I know the way to approach a new language...If you're intersted just pm me...

Nice. Thank you. Not sure I'm ready to dive into that just yet, but I'll keep that in mind.